The development of new materials is very time and material intensive. To assess the corrosion properties of coated metallic systems, typically accelerated laboratory corrosion tests are performed. Unfortunately, in the current state of the art there is no proven relationship between laboratory testing data and field performance data. This is particularly due to a lack of data from the field in which the key performance affecting properties are measured, and a lack of understanding of the mechanisms of failure and the absence of a detailed model that allows to predict the coating performance based on laboratory test data. The innovative goal of the project is to develop an integrated corrosion modelling tool that is reliable and predictive. Integrated means that all subsystems (metal, coating, electrolyte) and all phenomena leading to corrosion of the system (transport through the coating, interfacial (electro)chemistry, delamination) are brought together in one model. To achieve our goals, we need to use a combined experimental/finite element modelling (FEM) approach. The modelling is necessary for the quantitative description of all relevant phenomena. The experimental approach is necessary at two levels: on the one hand we need to perform experiments to gain mechanistic insight in the occurring phenomena and to determine input parameters for the modelling, on the other hand we need to do the experimental validation of the proposed model(s). We try to focus on both aspects bringing in new advanced combined electrochemical & in situ surface analysis, advanced finite element electrochemical modelling and more recently quantum chemical modelling. At the end of the presentation the recently started Horizon 2020 project VIPCOAT will be introduced. The goal of the EU-funded VIPCOAT project is to create an open innovation platform that should assist engineers in developing coating materials and constructing accelerated life test scenarios to assess their durability.Acknowledgements: FWOSBO project S000718N,Predictcorr and H2020-NMBP-TO-IND-2020,Vipcoat